1819-1850, slave states held at least 1/2 of all Senate seats. Most Democrats (& some Whigs) in the North & Midwest were functionally pro-slavery. The balance only tipped decisively to free-state Senators with the admission of Kansas in 1859. 1st GOP majority only in Feb 1861.https://twitter.com/RBReich/status/1365360829630058498 …
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rob would be on solid ground if he had stuck with jim crow, which is when the filibuster first gained something resembling its current vitality. but as to the 19th century, its even worse: the entire design of the senate was white supremacist.
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